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2009.
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| Summary/Abstract |
The ortigin of NZAID lie in the need for expertise, experience, continuity and accountability in aid provision, These had been difficult to achieve under the old arrangements focused on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Aid Division. Most diplomats viewed aid work as a temporary distraction from diplomatic postings, not as a career choice. The establishment of a career service was designed to rectify this situation, rather than to ensure a political compromise in 2002. In aid provision there are no quich fixes.Fifty years of experience has shown how hard it is to generate life enhancing economic activity in the pacific islands. The government should tread warily in the field, and should not ignore voluntary sector experience. This article cricises the government's new approach to aid provision.
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